modern japan
Kōbō Abe
Japan·Japanese·1924–1993
22 works
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japan·Japanese·1892–1927
1 work
Minoru Betsuyaku
Japan·Japanese·1937–2020
4 works
Osamu Dazai
Japan·Japanese·1909–1948
8 works
Shūsaku Endō
Japan·Japanese·1923–1996
1 work
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japan·Japanese·1886–1942
4 works
Fumiko Hayashi
Japan·Japanese·1903–1951
1 work
Saou Ichikawa
Japan·Japanese·b. 1979
1 work
Junji Ito
Japan·Japanese·b. 1963
4 works
Yasunari Kawabata
Japan·Japanese·1899–1972
14 works
Mieko Kawakami
Japan·Japanese·b. 1976
5 works
Hiromi Kawakami
Japan·Japanese·b. 1958
11 works
Yukio Mishima
Japan·Japanese·1925–1970
23 works
Haruki Murakami
Japan·Japanese·b. 1949
21 works
Sayaka Murata
Japan·Japanese·b. 1979
4 works
Tsutomu Nihei
Japan·Japanese·b. 1971
1 work
Aya Nishitani
Japan·Japanese·b. 1955
1 work
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japan·Japanese·1935–2023
20 works
Yōko Ogawa
Japan·Japanese·b. 1962
6 works
Fuyumi Ono
Japan·Japanese·b. 1960
2 works
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japan·Japanese·b. 1954
1 work
Hiroko Oyamada
Japan·Japanese·born 1983
6 works
Chika Sagawa
Japan·Japanese·1911–1936
1 work
Naoya Shiga
Japan·Japanese·1883–1971
0 works
Kensaku Shimaki
Japan·Japanese·1903–1945
0 works
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japan·Japanese·1931–2024
4 works
Natsume Sōseki
Japan·Japanese·1867–1916
4 works
Yoko Tawada
Japan, Germany·Japanese, German·b. 1960
6 works
Uketsu
Japan·Japanese·c. 1990
3 works
Emi Yagi
Japan·Japanese·b. 1988
2 works
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japan·Japanese·b. 1977
2 works
Masakazu Yamazaki
Japan·Japanese·1934–2020
0 works
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japan·Japanese·1892–1962
2 works
Asako Yuzuki
Japan·Japanese·b. 1981
2 works
I am the Father of Bakabon the Genius
天才バカボンのパパなのだ
Minoru Betsuyaku · Japanese · 1978
M/T and the Narrative About the Marvels of the Forest
M/Tと森のフシギの物語
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1986
1Q84
1Q84
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2009
After Dark
アフターダーク
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2004
After the Banquet
宴のあと
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
After the Quake
神の子どもたちはみな踊る
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Aghwee the Sky Monster
空の怪物アグイー
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1964
Akira
アキラ
Katsuhiro Otomo · Japanese · 1988
All the Lovers in the Night
すべて真夜中の恋人たち
Mieko Kawakami · Japanese · 2011
The Ark Sakura
方舟さくら丸
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1984
Beasts Head for Home
けものたちは故郷をめざす
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1957
Beautiful Star
美しい星
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1962
Beauty and Sadness
美しさと哀しみと
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1964
The Beggar Student
乞食学生
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
Black Lizard
黒蜥蝪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Blame!
BLAME!
Tsutomu Nihei · Japanese · 1997
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
めくらやなぎと眠る女
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2005
The Blind Young Man
弱法師
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
Blue Cat
青猫
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1923
Botchan
坊つちゃん
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
The Box Man
箱男
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1973
Breasts and Eggs
夏物語
Mieko Kawakami · Japanese · 2019
Butter
バター
Asako Yuzuki · Japanese · 2017
Cat Town
猫町
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1935
The Changeling
取り替え子
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 2000
Cherries
桜桃
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1939
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
街とその不確かな壁
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2023
The Cliff of Time
時間の崖
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · c. 1967
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2013
Complete Poetry of Chika Sagawa
左川ちか全詩集
Chika Sagawa · Japanese · 1983
Complete Works
芥川龍之介全集
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · Japanese · 1927-1928
The Complete Works
安部公房全集
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1997
Confessions of a Mask
仮面の告白
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1949
Confronting the Shadows: A Portrait of My Mother
影に対して
Shūsaku Endō · Japanese · 2020
Convenience Store Woman
コンビニ人間
Sayaka Murata · Japanese · 2016
A Corpse with Feet
足のある死体
Minoru Betsuyaku · Japanese · 1982
The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath
何とも知れない未来に
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1985
Dance Dance Dance
ダンス・ダンス・ダンス
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1988
The Dancing Girl of Izu
伊豆の踊子
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1926
The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away
みずから我が涙をぬぐいたまう日
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1972
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2010
Death by Water
水死
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 2009
Death in the Family
死者の家族
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
The Decay of the Angel
天人五衰
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1971
The Decline and Fall of the Suzaku
Suzaku-ke no Metsubō
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1967
Diary of a Void
空芯手帳
Emi Yagi · Japanese · 2020
Digital Devil Story
デジタル・デビル・ストーリー
Aya Nishitani · Japanese · 1986 - 1988
The Diving Pool
ダイヴィング・プール
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 1991
Dragon Palace
龍宮
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2002
Early Light
薄明
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1946
Earthlings
地球星人
Sayaka Murata · Japanese · 2018
An Echo of Heaven
人生の親戚
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1989
The Elephant Vanishes
象の消滅
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1993
The Emissary
献灯使 (Kentoshi)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2014
The Face of Another
他人の顔
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1964
The Factory
工場
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2012
First Person Singular
一人称単数
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2020
The Flowers of Buffoonery
道化の華
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1935
Forbidden Colors
禁色
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1953
Friends
友達
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1967
The Frolic of the Beasts
獣の戯れ
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1961
Garden
Niwa
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2018
The Ghost is Here
幽霊はここにいる
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1958
The Girl in the Sunset
夕映少女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1937
Good-Bye
グッド・バイ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
Green Stockings
緑色のストッキング
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1974
Gyo [Fish]
ギョ
Junji Ito · Japanese · 2002
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1985
A Healing Family
恢復する家族
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1995
Hear the Wind Sing
風の歌を聴け
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1979
Heaven
ヘヴン
Mieko Kawakami · Japanese · 2009
Hiroshima Notes
ヒロシマ・ノート
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1965
The Hole
穴
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
Hooked
ナイルパーチの女子会
Asako Yuzuki · Japanese · 2015
Hotel Iris
ホテル・アイリス
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 1996
The House of the Sleeping Beauties
眠れる美女
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1961
The Housekeeper and the Professor
博士の愛した数式
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 2003
Howling at the Moon
月に吠える
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1917
Hunchback
ハンチバック
Saou Ichikawa · Japanese · 2023
The Iceland
氷島
Sakutarō Hagiwara · Japanese · 1934
Inner Frontier
内なる辺境
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1971
Inter Ice Age 4
第四間氷期
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1959
Involuntary Homicide
未必の故意
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1971
J
性的人間
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1963
Kafka on the Shore
海辺のカフカ
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2002
Kamisama
神様
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 1994
The Kangaroo
カンガルー
Minoru Betsuyaku · Japanese · 1967
Kangaroo Notebook
カンガルー・ノート
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1991
Killing Commendatore
騎士団長殺し
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2017
Kusamakura
草枕
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1906
The Lake
みづうみ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
The Last of the Weasels
いたちなく
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2013
Late Chrysanthemum
晩菊
Fumiko Hayashi · Japanese · 1948
Let Those Who Appear
現れるものたちをして
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1996
Life Ceremony
生命式
Sayaka Murata · Japanese · 2019
Madame de Sade
サド侯爵夫人
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1965
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick
棒になった男
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1967
Manazuru
真鶴
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2006
The Master of Go
呉清源棋談・名人
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Etüden im Schnee
Yoko Tawada · German · 2014
The Memory Police
密やかな結晶
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 1994
Men Without Women
女のいない男たち
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2014
Mina's Matchbox
ミーナの行進
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 2006
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
続・森崎書店の日々
Satoshi Yagisawa · Japanese · 2011
Ms Ice Sandwich
ミス・アイスサンドイッチ
Mieko Kawakami · Japanese · 2013
Musashi
宮本武蔵
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1935
My Floating Mother, City
浮遊する母、都市
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2003
My Friend Hitler
わが友ヒットラー
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
Nakano Thrift Shop
古道具 中野商店
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2005
The Naked Eye
Das nackte Auge
Yoko Tawada · German · 2004
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
芽むしり仔撃ち
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1958
No Longer Human
人間失格
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1948
No One Knows
誰も知らぬ
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1940
Norwegian Wood
ノルウェイの森
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1987
The Old Capital
古都
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1962
Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
掌の小説
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1971
Parade
パレード
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2002
Paul Celan and the Chinese Angel
Paul Celan und der chinesische Engel
Yoko Tawada · German · 2020
People From My Neighborhood
このあたりの人たち
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2016
A Personal Matter
個人的な体験
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1964
Pinball, 1973
1973年のピンボール
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1980
The Pinch Runner Memorandum
ピンチランナー調書
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1976
Prize Stock
飼育
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1957
A Quiet Life
静かな生活
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1990
The Rainbow
虹いくたび
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1951
Record of a Night Too Brief
蛇を踏む
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 1996
Remina [Hellstar Remina]
地獄星レミナ
Junji Ito · Japanese · 2005
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales
寡黙な死骸みだらな弔い
Yōko Ogawa · Japanese · 1998
Rokumeikan
鹿鳴館
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1957
Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!
新しい人よ眼ざめよ
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1983
The Ruined Map
燃え尽きた地図
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1967
Runaway Horses
奔馬
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
午後の曳航
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1963
Sanshirō
三四郎
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1908
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
浅草紅團
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1930
Scattered All Over the Earth
地球にちりばめられて (Chikyū ni chiribamerarete)
Yoko Tawada · Japanese · 2018
Seasons of Sacred Lust
聖なる淫者の季節
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 1970
Secret Rendezvous
密会
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1977
The Setting Sun
斜陽
Osamu Dazai · Japanese · 1947
Seventeen
セヴンティーン
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1961
Shiki
屍鬼
Fuyumi Ono · Japanese · 1989-2002
The Silent Cry
万延元年のフットボール
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1967
Silk and Insight
絹と明察
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1964
Sisters in Yellow
黄色い家
Mieko Kawakami · Japanese · 2023
Snow Country
雪国
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1935
Somersault
宙返り
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1999
The Sound of the Mountain
山の音
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1954
The Sound of Waves
潮騒
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1954
South of the Border, West of the Sun
国境の南、太陽の西
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1992
Spring Snow
春の雪
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
Sprint of the Full Moon
満月の疾走
Kazuko Shiraishi · Japanese · 2007
Sputnik Sweetheart
スプートニクの恋人
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1999
Star
スタア
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1960
The Story of the Two Knights Travelling around the Country
諸国を遍歴する二人の騎士の物語
Minoru Betsuyaku · Japanese · 1987
Strange Buildings
変な家２
Uketsu · Japanese · 2023
Strange Houses
変な家
Uketsu · Japanese · 2021
Strange Pictures
変な絵
Uketsu · Japanese · 2022
Strange Weather in Tokyo
センセイの鞄
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2001
Suitcase
スーツケース
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · c. 1967
Sun and Steel
太陽と鉄
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1968
Taiko
新書太閤記
Eiji Yoshikawa · Japanese · 1937
Tanpopo
たんぽぽ
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1972
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
われらの狂気を生き延びる道を教えよ
Kenzaburō Ōe · Japanese · 1969
The Temple of Dawn
暁の寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1970
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
金閣寺
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1956
The Ten Loves of Nishino
ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2003
The Terrace of the Leper King
癩王のテラス
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1969
The Third Love
三度目の恋
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2020
Thirst for Love
愛の渇き
Yukio Mishima · Japanese · 1950
Thousand Cranes
千羽鶴
Yasunari Kawabata · Japanese · 1952
Tomie
富江
Junji Ito · Japanese · 1987
The Tower of London
倫敦塔
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese · 1905
The Traitor
榎本武揚
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1964
The Twelve Kingdoms
十二国記
Fuyumi Ono · Japanese · ongoing serial novel, began 1991
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
大きな鳥にさらわれないよう
Hiromi Kawakami · Japanese · 2016
Underground
アンダーグラウンド
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 2000
Underwater City and Dendrocacalia
水中都市・デンドロカカリヤ
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1952
An Unrelated Death and The Cliff of Time
無関係な死・時の崖
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1964
Uzumaki [Spiral]
うずまき
Junji Ito · Japanese · 1998
Vanishing World
消滅世界
Sayaka Murata · Japanese · 2015
When the Museum is Closed
休館日の彼女たち
Emi Yagi · Japanese · 2023
Where Europe Begins
Wo Europa anfängt
Yoko Tawada · German · 1991
A Wild Sheep Chase
羊をめぐる冒険
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1982
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
ねじまき鳥クロニクル
Haruki Murakami · Japanese · 1994
The Woman in the Dunes
砂の女
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1962
You, Too, Are Guilty
おまえにも罪がある
Kōbō Abe · Japanese · 1965
Yukiko
ゆきこ
Hiroko Oyamada · Japanese · 2014